The Sloth and Acronyms

These are from a few days ago. Pictures coupled with a dose of sloth often leads to late blog posts.

May 12, 2011 - I bought a national daily and in the front page:

A reminder that fangirling conquers all, even giant differences in age.

Kudos to the girl. The national paper! Wow. Cheering for a teenage pop star can never be more rewarding than having your photo end up on the front page of a national newspaper, with your fingers snapped in a twisted Asian pose. True expression of admiration, delight and of course, culture.

While reading the paper, I received a text message from the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Of course, I was humbled.

They made a raffle for something as trivial as getting your receipt after purchase. So the only way out of poverty in the Philippines is hard work -- or you can join the boatloads of raffle draws available.